Kathmandu, December 11

The Election Commission will be using the modified Sainte-Laguë method, a widely used mathematical formula, for allocating PR seats to the parties.

In this formula, the total party votes polled by party that secured at least three per cent votes, are divided by a sequence of odd numbers starting with 1 (i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and so on) until enough quotients are found to allocate all 110 House of Representatives and 220 provincial assemblies’ seats.

PR vote-count

Party

Votes

CPN-UML

585,489

NC

548,584

CPN-MC

259,170

RPP

33,932

Bibeksheel Sajha Party

3,885

RJP-N

27,241

FSF-N

27,139

NSP-N

23,164

RPP-D

12,494

RJM

9,549

Others

39,285

Total

1,566,000

The 110 and 220 highest numbers thus obtained will determine both the number of seats for each party and the order in which they are allocated in the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies, respectively.

While calculating the percentage of all party votes eligible for PR list seats, the EC will exclude the parties that have secured less than three per cent of the total number of valid votes.